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Published:Sunday | December 14, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Sometimes I think my granny was a philosopher watching current events. Consider her distinction between 'pop-up' and 'pop-down'. You might guess they are opposites. Not so.

Published:Friday | December 12, 2014 | 2:40 PM

We support and encourage Shahine Robinson's vigilance over any, and all, government expenditure, although we cannot agree with her seemin

Published:Friday | December 12, 2014 | 8:04 PM

Lloyd D'Aguilar has become a much-ridiculed character since he was banished from the West Kingston commission of enquiry.

Published:Thursday | December 11, 2014 | 5:38 PM

There is an award-winning movie called No Country for Old Men, which still resonates with me, especially since I qualified some time ago,

Published:Saturday | December 13, 2014 | 12:00 AM

There is an award-winning movie called No Country for Old Men, which still resonates with me, especially since I qualified some time ago, galloping from youth into middle age and then hobbling into senior citizenship.

Published:Saturday | December 13, 2014 | 12:00 AM

With only days before the start of the 2015 winter tourist season, Tourism Minister Dr Wykeham McNeill and tourism interests are upbeat about projections of growth in the sector.

Published:Thursday | December 11, 2014 | 3:04 PM

More and more NBA stars are wearing 'I Can't Breathe' T-shirts while warming up before games.

Published:Thursday | December 11, 2014 | 4:08 PM

No one should forever be a prisoner to his past, being made, in a liberal democracy, to pay daily penance to which they formerly subscrib

Published:Thursday | December 11, 2014 | 1:13 PM

Earlier this week, I was in a discussion where it was suggested that some of us are too quick to bawl out 'corruption', when most of what

Published:Friday | December 12, 2014 | 12:00 AM

No one should forever be a prisoner to his past, being made, in a liberal democracy, to pay daily penance to which they formerly subscribed but have since jettisoned.

Published:Friday | December 12, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Earlier this week, I was in a discussion where it was suggested that some of us are too quick to bawl out 'corruption', when most of what we see is incompetence.

Published:Friday | December 12, 2014 | 12:00 AM

More and more NBA stars are wearing 'I Can't Breathe' T-shirts while warming up before games.

Published:Wednesday | December 10, 2014 | 3:01 PM

If all is well, we can expect not only civility from the police, if, and when, their actions are being electronically recorded, but will

Published:Thursday | December 11, 2014 | 12:00 AM

If all is well, we can expect not only civility from the police, if, and when, their actions are being electronically recorded, but will welcome it.

Published:Thursday | December 11, 2014 | 12:00 AM

The following are excerpts of a speech delivered by Jamaica National Building Society General Manager Earl Jarrett at the Automobile Dealers' Association motor show at the National Arena on November 29.

Published:Thursday | December 11, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Apart from the fact that God can grant both on the same day, the point was that prayer is not about selfish interests. It is not my will but God's will. The common good is what is beneficial to all. There are many things that are good for all, such as rain, sunshine, shelter, food and drink. By the way, rain does not prevent a wedding and a sunny day is not bad for farmers.

Published:Thursday | December 11, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Kingston and St Andrew (KSA) is among 30 metro-politan regions - the only one in the Caribbean - with a high proportion of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in one city. Collectively, these 30 areas account for 80 per cent of all new infections.

Published:Tuesday | December 9, 2014 | 6:51 PM

Dr Ethon Lowe has a problem with my statement "prayer is to discern the will of God for the common good, others and ourselves".

Published:Tuesday | December 9, 2014 | 7:10 PM

Kingston and St Andrew (KSA) is among 30 metro-politan regions - the only one in the Caribbean - with a high proportion of people living

Published:Wednesday | December 10, 2014 | 8:33 AM

The following are excerpts of a speech delivered by Jamaica National Building Society General Manager Earl Jarrett at the Automobile Deal

Published:Wednesday | December 10, 2014 | 9:30 AM
Published:Tuesday | December 9, 2014 | 12:15 PM

It is ironic that the almost universal criticism of Lloyd D'Aguilar, convener of the Tivoli Committee, for being too persistent in demand

Published:Tuesday | December 9, 2014 | 2:21 PM

Myths about CCJ

Published:Wednesday | December 10, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Opponents to Jamaica's accession to the civil and criminal jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) often make the seemingly credible claim that this deepens the country's involvement in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) - a sort of creeping federalism from which this country disengaged more than half a century ago.

Published:Wednesday | December 10, 2014 | 12:00 AM

I have had the opportunity to work in various hospitals in Jamaica. Recently, I reflected on some of the cases I have managed in the past and one of the numerous idiosyncrasies I have noted in many patients, regardless of their geographic location ('town or country'), is their faith in non-traditional forms of medicine.

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